But because of the disarray in the Labour Party over airstrikes, the Government is still uncertain about when the Syria motion will be put to MPs.
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Mr Corbyn insisted he was not a pacifist as he made the case for a political solution in Syria on the Andrew Marr show. The shadow cabinet is due to meet tomorrow ahead of a potentially explosive gathering of the Parliamentary Party in the evening.
Al-Adnani is reportedly in charge of the terror group’s “international attacks” unit, which is believed to have orchestrated the Paris massacre and has repeatedly targeted the United Kingdom for a mass-casualty atrocity.
The minister said it was risky not to try to defeat IS with force.
“I hope that when the choice comes people will indicate that this is the right choice for Britain to do”.
The number could rise to 115 as an internal Labour revolt sees a number of party MPs go against its leader, Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to not back the strikes. We’re all simply working through the issues & coming to final decision. The survey has been criticised as an attempt to use his grassroots powerbase to “bounce” the shadow cabinet into submitting.
The Labour leader is facing a rebellion among his senior colleagues, with the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, the deputy leader, Tom Watson, the shadow lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, and the shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, minded to support extending airstrikes against Islamic State. But we can not have a free-for-all party.
Mr Byrne said of the Labour leader: “I don’t think that writing letters that prejudge the outcome, the conclusion of the shadow cabinet position, was a good way of approaching this”.
The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP also warned against letting Labour MPs make up their own minds as it risks bowing to Mr Cameron’s call for intervention.
“We need to fight back and that’s why I support it. The impact of the Iraq War is one of the biggest influences on that reaction and there’s still a hangover from that”.
“My argument is yes there is military action that is being taken over the skies of Syria”.
Mr Corbyn’s ally and former lover Diane Abbott suggested he could be forced to quit as early as next May if his brand of hard-Left politics proves a flop with voters.
Britain is already involved in air strikes against IS jihadists in Iraq but has not so far taken part in bombing the group’s positions in Syria. I’ll find out what MPs think, obviously there are strong views on both directions, we’ll have a further discussion about this. “We are still in the process of getting more clarity on where MPs stand on the issue”.
Mr Corbyn said he “understands dissent” and respects the different views held by MPs, but also stressed party members “must have a voice”.
If he allows a free vote, perhaps half his shadow cabinet and around 60 Labour MPs may vote for air strikes.
He said on the Syria vote, “It is the leader who decides”, only to then indicate that he had not yet done so.
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She said that “the party as a whole” was opposed to the bombing. “That is why we are charting such a careful path and saying we support action from the air, support for (any) troops on the ground, but we don’t propose the application of British ground troops”.
